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Keri Lynn Russell was born in
Fountain Valley, California, on March 23, 1976. Most of her early
childhood was spent living in Texas, before her parents decided to move to
Mesa, Arizona. Russell took a serious interest in entertainment at an
early age. At Poston Jr. High School, she discovered a passion for
dancing, and soon applied for ballet and jazz dance lessons. Her dancing
skills allowed her to tour the country as a member of the Mesa Stars Dance
and Drill team, where she eventually received a prestigious scholarship.
Just before she started high school, Russell's family moved to Denver,
Colorado. Keri claims that she did not make many friends, which allowed
her to concentrate on her performing career. She soon appeared on Star
Search, where she was discovered by Disney's talent scouts. In 1991, she
made her debut as a "Mouseketeer" on Disney's The All New Mickey Mouse
Club. The following year, Keri made her big screen debut in Honey I Blew
Up the Kid, as the unlucky babysitter.
Keri also starred as Andrea McKinsey in the TV series Emerald Cove, in
1993. Her first regular role was in a 1994 CBS sitcom called Daddy's
Girls, but unfortunately, the show did not last very long. That same year,
Keri appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World.
In 1996, Russell got her first lead role in the NBC movie The Babysitter's
Seduction and landed her first television lead in Malibu Shores, one of
the rare Aaron Spelling productions that was unsuccessful. In 1997, Keri
starred in her second big screen film, Eight Days a Week, and in the
made-for-TV movie When Innocence Is Lost. She also made a short appearance
in the FOX series Roar and appeared in the 1998 movie Dead Man's Curve.
When it was time to cast the star of Felicity, the series' creators (J.J.
Abrams and Matt Reeves) knew that Keri Russell was perfect for the part
from the moment she arrived on the set. It was an obvious choice, as
Russell's natural beauty and charm fit perfectly with Felicity's
character, almost as if Keri was playing herself.
Keri played Felicity until the show's demise in 2002. Since then, she has
added many movies to her resume, including Mad About Mambo (2000), We Were
Soldiers (2002) alongside Mel Gibson, The Upside of Anger with Kevin
Costner, and the TV movie The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005). In 2005, she
can add Butterfly, a Grimm Love Story and the miniseries Into the West to
her resume.
Russell resides in L.A.'s Tony Pacific Palisades suburb. Most of her free
time is spent working on her other passion: photography. |
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August Rush (2007) .... Lyla
Novacek
The Girl in the Park (2007) .... Celeste
"Scrubs" .... Melody O'Harra (2 episodes, 2007)
- My Cold Shower (2007) TV Episode .... Melody O'Harra
- My Turf War (2007) TV Episode .... Melody O'Harra
Waitress (2007) .... Jenna
Rohtenburg (2006) .... Katie Armstrong
... aka Grimm Love (USA: new title)
Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Lindsey Farris
... aka M:i:III (International: English title: promotional
abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional
abbreviation)
... aka Mission: Impossible III (Germany)
"Into the West" (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Naomi Wheeler
The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) (TV) .... Livy
The Upside of Anger (2005) .... Emily Wolfmeyer
... aka An deiner Schulter (Germany)
"Felicity" .... Felicity Porter (84 episodes, 1998-2002)
- Back to the Future (2002) TV Episode .... Felicity Porter
- Felicity Interrupted (2002) TV Episode .... Felicity Porter
- Spin the Bottle (2002) TV Episode .... Felicity Porter
- The Power of the Ex (2002) TV Episode .... Felicity Porter
- Time Will Tell (2002) TV Episode .... Felicity Porter
(79 more)
We Were Soldiers (2002) .... Barbara Geoghegan
... aka Wir waren Helden (Germany)
Mad About Mambo (2000) .... Lucy McLoughlin
Cinderelmo (1999) (TV) .... Princess
Dead Man's Curve (1998) .... Emma
... aka Dead Man's Curve (Australia)
... aka The Curve (USA: video title)
"Roar" .... Claire (2 episodes, 1997)
- Banshee (1997) TV Episode .... Claire
- Pilot (1997) TV Episode .... Claire
"7th Heaven" .... Camille (1 episode, 1997)
... aka 7th Heaven: Beginnings (USA: rerun title)
... aka Seventh Heaven
- Choices (1997) TV Episode .... Camille
When Innocence Is Lost (1997) (TV) .... Erica French
Eight Days a Week (1997) .... Erica
The Lottery (1996) (TV) .... Felice Dunbar
"Malibu Shores" .... Chloe Walker (10 episodes, 1996)
- The Fall (1996) TV Episode .... Chloe Walker
- Hotline (1996) TV Episode .... Chloe Walker
- The Road Not Taken (1996) TV Episode .... Chloe Walker
- The Competitive Edge (1996) TV Episode .... Chloe Walker
- Cheating Hearts (1996) TV Episode .... Chloe Walker
(5 more)
The Babysitter's Seduction (1996) (TV) .... Michelle Winston
Clerks. (1995) (TV) .... Sandra
"Married with Children" .... April Adams (1 episode, 1995)
- Radio Free Trumaine (1995) TV Episode .... April Adams
"Daddy's Girls" (1994) TV Series .... Phoebe (unknown episodes)
"Emerald Cove" (1993) TV Series .... Andrea McKinsey (1993)
"Boy Meets World" .... Jessica Feeny (1 episode, 1993)
- Grandma Was a Rolling Stone (1993) TV Episode .... Jessica Feeny
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992) .... Mandy Park |
